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Updated: May 13, 2025

"Now!" he said, taking my arm. "Forward, the light-ly clad brigade! But " he stopped "Minnie, we are unarmed! Shall I get the patent folding corkscrew?" He had to be quiet when we got to the bedroom floors, however, and when we stopped outside Miss Cobb's door he was as sober as any one could wish him. "You needn't come in," he whispered.

Mary Roberts Rinehart - Where There's a Will